I New Orleans Pelicans overwhelm for 125-93 i Los Angeles Lakers at the Crypto.com Arena and find a major win for theirs run-up to the play-ins of the Western Conference, while i yellow-violet are submerged – again – come on whistles from the audience home.
Rumbles starting to rain in third periodin which i Lakers suffer 44 points and they don’t show not even the will to react anymore to a season in which everything went wrong from the start, both in terms of the physical strength of an old roster and the game.
Jonas Valančiūnasl’ex Brandon Ingram e CJ McCollum they have an easy time in the second half, while i Lakers sink one lost ball after another. They will be well 23 at the end of the game, 7 for a now anachronistic Russell Westbrook in the field in one squad without shooters really dangerous. 7 out of 34 from three points for LA that shoots without conviction, the attitude of LeBron James (32 points and 6 rebounds with 23 shots), who gets nervous and shrugs his head and shoulders at every defensive or reading error, weighs down the air even more.
I Los Angeles Lakers (27-33) sounded at the moment one of the worst teams in the Western Conference, even worse than teams like the OKC Thunder or Portland Trail Blazers whose season is long over, for the leaderboard. THE Pelicans they do nothing but stick with patience waiting for the inevitable defensive “hole”, a lack of rotation or a distraction, for two easy points. CJ McCollum is once again the best scorer with 22 points, Valanciunas he eats the longs of the Lakers with 19 points and 10 rebounds, for the former of the day Brandon Ingram There are also 8 assist.
The other ex of the day, Anthony Davisis sitting on the bench again in civilian clothes, injured. His return is expected in the second half of March, but when it is likely the Lakers will have nothing left to really play for.
“I have no answers for tonight“, He comments LeBron James “We always talk about the future and how to fix things, and who knows what will happen. But tonight, from the middle of the second quarter to the third, there are no answers. The Pelicans are playing well, they beat Phoenix and they hit us today“.
Russell Westbrookat this point more aggressive in his responses to questions at the press conference than in the fieldreacts to the Crypto-com Arena’s whistles towards him and those of the team: “I boo? I leave them where they are, I have my beautiful family at home, if (i tifosi, ndr) they come here to whistle, they can even stay at home, they don’t bother me at all (…) and neither does the team, it’s not something we should worry about“.
“The reality now is that our opponents’ pre-match scouting report only says: play harder than them. And it’s working, at least until we show we have enough determination to stop it“.
